[STR-2403] Buggy compile target in struts-blank's build.xml

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.2.4
• Fix Version/s: 1.2 Family
• Component/s: Example Applications
• Environment: Operating System: All; Platform: PC
• Bugzilla Id: 34032
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Artie Konin
• Created: 16/Mar/05 19:39
• Updated: 16/Feb/11 19:45
• Resolved: 04/Jul/07 05:30

Description

I was wondering for months why running "ant compile" on the build.xml file that
comes with struts-blank web application always results in total recompilation
of the whole project regardless of file modification times etc.
At last I get bored with this (on a slow machine and a moderate project this
tirfle can become a real pain-in-the-ass) and decided to look more closely at
this stuff.
I found following task declaration in WEB-INF/src/build.xml of struts-blank.war
(that's both for struts 1.1 and 1.2.4):

<target name="compile" depends="prepare,resources">
<javac srcdir="src" destdir="classes">
<classpath refid="compile.classpath"/>
</javac>
</target>

That would result in following ant debug output:

[javac] java\app\AppInitServlet.java added as java/app/AppInitServlet.class
doesn't exist.
[javac] java\app\ConfigureAction.java added as
java/app/ConfigureAction.class doesn't exist.

However, if we write in the javac task srcdir="src/java", all goes pretty well.
As far as I understand things, source hierarchy should reside under "src/java"
directory, not "src".

Didn't looked for other wars bundled with struts installationg though, it may
be worth of an effort to check them as well.